Paradigms Lost
So.What did Katie Couric know when she was assigned to cover the Pentagon?Who will be investigating Chris Dodd and Barney Frank?Why is the government in the mortgage business in the first place?These...
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Alaskan Foreign Policy
It's true that Alaskans look at foreign policy from a different perspective. They know the world is a globe. They look at their neighbors from the polar projection, while the lower 48 are still...
View ArticleDon't Tread on Me
There is a mystery floating about Europe these days. The Europeans, especially Western Europeans, seem to think they should have a say as to who should be President of the United States. At least...
View ArticleThe United Islamist Nations
Last week, the attacks in India and the threat to New York City's subway system provided another stark reminder of the need for a united front against global terrorism. Yet instead of figuring out how...
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Amnesty for Hamas
President Barack Obama's decision to award Mary Robinson the Medal of Freedom Award justifiably caused controversy. Robinson was the High Commissioner for Human Rights who helped organize the UN's...
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Israel Prepares for the Next Round
Richard Goldstone's much anticipated fact-finding report on Operation Cast Lead is scheduled to be released prior to the start of the UN Human Rights Council's next session on September 14. The report...
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Israel's Reagan
"But to those who gave this Holocaust-denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency?"-- Prime Minister Benjamin...
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A Familiar "New Face" at UNESCO
In the race for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, Bulgaria's obscure and rather uninspiring candidate,...
View ArticleFood Prices Rose 'Only' 15% From Oct. to Jan.
That's after I relayed yesterday that the U.S. burns "only" 25 percent of its corn as biofuels, which Associated Press insinuated was no big deal. Now this from the New York Times:Each year, an ever...
View ArticleThe UN Targets...The Catholic Church
Finally, the United Nations is standing up to a monster: the Catholic Church.Specifically, the Committee for the Rights of the Child released a report demanding the institution independently...
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